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'Not just Giulio Regeni': hundreds have died in Egyptian custody, says report

The number of people dying in Egyptian detention centres rose by a further 100 in 2020, taking the total number of deaths over 1,000 since the Egyptian dictatorship seized power in 2013, a new report says.

Egitto, report sui ‘Giulio Regeni egiziani’: 1058 morti nelle mani dello Stato nell’epoca al-Sisi. La maggior parte per torture e mancate cure

In un report di 53 pagine presentato nei giorni scorsi a Ginevra, il Cfj, Committee for Justice, inchioda alle proprie responsabilità l’apparato repressivo del Paese dei Faraoni nei confronti dei detenuti. Solo nei primi 10 mesi del 2020 i decessi sono stati 100

Saudi, Egyptian crackdowns signal collision with Biden agenda

With an incoming U.S. administration promising drastic changes to Mideast policy, putting human rights at the forefront, expectations have risen among observers and even U.S. diplomats that America’s Arab allies will adjust to prevent a clash with Washington.

2021-06-03

One year on since he was held in pretrial detention: Human rights organizations call for the release of academic Ahmed al-Tohamy

This is also available in: العربية (Arabic) متوفر ايضا باللغةThe undersigned organizations call on the Egyptian authorities to release Ahmed al-Tohamy Abdel-Hay, an assistant professor of political science at the Faculty of Economic Studies and Political Science at Alexandria University, who has been held in pretrial detention for a year in Case No. 649 of […]

2021-06-02

Egypt: Hope Coalition detainees must be immediately released, after nearly two years of wrongful imprisonment

This is also available in: العربية (Arabic) متوفر ايضا باللغةThe undersigned organizations call for the immediate release of those detained in the Hope Coalition case (case no. 930 of 2019) and for the dismissal of all charges against them. As the two-year maximum lawful duration of their pretrial detention approaches, the signatory organizations are concerned […]

2021-05-30

CFJ spokeswoman: Regeni’s case reflects the violations committed against Egypt’s society as a whole

This is also available in: العربية (Arabic) متوفر ايضا باللغةNews briefing Translated and edited by: The Committee for Justice Geneva, May 30, 2021 The spokeswoman for the Committee for Justice (CFJ), Yasmine Hajar, said that the Regeni case reflects the systematic violations of human rights committed by the Egyptian authorities against the entire society, whether foreigners or […]

2021-04-30

Will Egypt compete for the world’s worst executioner in 2021?

This is also available in: العربية (Arabic) متوفر ايضا باللغةJoint statement, April 30, 2021 The Campaign to Stop the Death Penalty in Egypt and the undersigned human rights organizations strongly condemn and categorically reject the Egyptian government’s exapnsion of the implementation of the death penalty, with new reports indicating that the Prisons Authority in Wadi […]

2021-04-27

CFJ: Executions of Kerdasa is a continuation of the series of deaths without evidence in Egypt

This is also available in: العربية (Arabic) متوفر ايضا باللغةThe Committee for Justice (CFJ) said on Tuesday that Egyptian authorities continue to carry out mass executions, in clear disregard for an inalienable human right, which is the right to life. The executions are carried out based on courts which have been condemned by the international […]

2021-03-30

Justice Watch Archive: A new era of monitoring human rights violations in Egypt

This is also available in: العربية (Arabic) متوفر ايضا باللغةJustice Watch Archive In the launch webinar for the Justice Watch Archive on Monday, the Committee for Justice (CFJ) said that since its establishment, those concerned with the human rights situation in Egypt have faced many obstacles related to accessing information and data on human rights […]

2021-03-25

CFJ spokeswoman: Statement of 31 countries before the HRC indicates the international community’s awareness of the situation in Egypt

This is also available in: العربية (Arabic) متوفر ايضا باللغةPress release Edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: March 25, 2021 CFJ spokeswoman Yasmine Hajar explains in an interview on Al-Araby TV that the statement of 31 countries before the Human Rights Council regarding the human rights situation in Egypt is evidence of the international community’s […]

2021-03-25

CFJ director: Egypt’s crackdown on journalists is an attack on the first line of defence for truth

This is also available in: العربية (Arabic) متوفر ايضا باللغةNews briefing: Translation and editing by: Committee for Justice Geneva, 25 March 2021 The Executive Director of the Committee for Justice (CFJ) Ahmed Mefreh said that Egypt’s crackdown on journalists has been repeated in a typical manner over the past period, stressing that journalists and human […]

2021-03-01

CFJ spokeswoman: Civil society exists in Egypt despite repression

This is also available in: العربية (Arabic) متوفر ايضا باللغةNews briefing: Translation and editing by: Committee for Justice Geneva, 1 March 2021 The spokeswoman of the Committee for Justice (CFJ), Yasmine Hajar, said that the organization’s latest report “2020: A year of breaching the right of defence”, with the qualitative and quantitative evidence cited in […]

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2021-02-24

CFJ Executive Director: Human rights is the only means of pressuring the Egyptian regime now

This is also available in: العربية (Arabic) متوفر ايضا باللغةNews briefing Edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: February 24, 2021 The Executive Director of Committee for Justice (CFJ), Ahmed Mefreh, spoke through a series of seminars organized by the Brookings Doha Institute and the Arab Reform Initiative, on the role of the diaspora in transitional […]